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Meetings/Workshops on Mathematical Physics in the United States (USA)

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1.Percolation and Interacting Systems
Dates	20 Feb 2012 → 24 Feb 2012	[ID=422051]
Location	Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, United States
Abstract	Over the last ten years there has been spectacular progress in the understanding of geometrical properties of random processes. Of particular importance in the study of these complex random systems is the aspect of their phase transition (in the wide sense of an abrupt change in macroscopic behavior caused by a small variation in some parameter) and critical phenomena, whose applications range from physics, to the performance of algorithms on networks, to the survival of a biological species. The aim of this workshop is to share and attempt to push forward the state-of-the-art understanding of the geometry and dynamic evolution of these models, with a main focus on percolation, the random cluster model, Ising and other interacting particle systems on lattices.
Weblink	http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/all-workshops/show/-/event/Wm579

2.APSMM2012 — Focus Session "Quantum Information for Quantum Foundations" at the APS March Meeting 2012
Dates	27 Feb 2012 → 02 Mar 2012	[ID=439351]
Location	Boston, United States
Abstract	As in the past years, the 2012 edition of the March Meeting of the American Physical Society will include a number of Sessions on Quantum Information. In particular, there will be a Focus Session devoted to foundational aspects, entitled "Quantum Information for Quantum Foundations". The aim of the Session is to provide a forum for the assessment of the recent results at the interface between Quantum Foundations and Quantum Information and to challenge the community to extend the impact of the informational paradigm to other areas of fundamental physics, in particular thermodynamics and field theory. Relevant topics include informational principles for Quantum Theory, exploration of the boundary of quantum correlations, information-processing in general probabilistic theories, fundamental structures in Hilbert space, categorical, modal, and Bayesian approaches.
Topics	Quantum mechanics, quantum information, quantum foundations.
Weblink	http://www.aps.org/meetings/march/index.cfm
Related subject(s)	Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Theory

3.Computational Methods in High Energy Density Plasmas
Dates	12 Mar 2012 → 15 Jun 2012	[ID=422436]
Location	Institute for Pure and Applied Mathematics (IPAM),, United States
Abstract	High energy density physics (HEDP) is a rapidly growing field. HEDP conditions are typically from Mbar to tens of Gbar pressures and temperatures ranging from eV to GeV. This long program will focus on the computational approaches to the modeling of these extreme states of matter. It will address the scientific challenges facing the computational HEDP community and discuss the successes and failures of various methods. The long program will establish an interdisciplinary forum for researchers in HEDP.Funding for participants is available at all academic levels, though recent PhD's, graduate students, and researchers in the early stages of their career are especially encouraged to apply. Enhancing the careers of women and minority mathematicians and scientists is an important component of IPAM's mission and we welcome their applications. An application is available online. Applications will be accepted through November 12, 2011 but decisions will be made starting in June.
Weblink	http://www.ipam.ucla.edu/programs/pl2012/
Related subject(s)	Plasma and Gas-discharge Physics
4.Random Walks and Random Media
Dates	30 Apr 2012 → 05 May 2012	[ID=422486]
Location	Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, United States
Abstract	The field of random media has been the object of intensive mathematical research over the last thirty years. It covers a variety of models, mainly from condensed matter physics, physical chemistry, and geology, where one is interested in materials which have defects or inhomogeneities. These features are taken into account by letting the medium be random. It has been found that this randomness can cause very unexpected effects in the large scale behavior of these models; on occasion these run contrary to the prevailing intuition. A feature of this area, which it has in common with other areas of statistical physics, is that what was initially thought to be just a simple toy model has turned out to be a major mathematical challenge.
Weblink	http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/all-workshops/show/-/event/Wm581
5.Mathematical General Relativity
Dates	09 Jul 2012 → 20 Jul 2012	[ID=446128]
Location	Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, United States
Abstract	Mathematical general relativity is the study of mathematical problems related to Einstein's theory of gravitation. There are interesting connections between the physical theory and problems in differential geometry and partial differential equations. The purpose of the workshop is to introduce graduate students to some fundamental aspects of mathematical general relativity, with particular emphasis on the geometry of the Einstein constraint equations and the Positive Mass Theorem. These topics will comprise a component of the upcoming semester program at MSRI in Fall 2013. There will be mini-courses, as well as several research lectures. Students are expected to have had courses in graduate real analysis and Riemannian geometry, while a course in graduate-level partial differential equations is recommended.
Weblink	http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/workshops/summer-graduate-workshops/show/-/eve nt/Wm9228
Related subject(s)	High Energy Physics, Particles and Fields
6.ICERM Workshop: Monte Carlo Methods in the Physical and Biological Sciences
Start date	29 Nov 2012	[ID=462924]
Location	Providence, RI, United States
Abstract	Monte Carlo methods are one of the main tools used to study the properties of complex physical, chemical and biological systems. Since their introduction in the late 1940s, these methods have undergone a remarkable expansion and are now used in many other fields, including statistical inference, engineering, and computer science. However, the design and theoretical understanding of Monte Carlo methods is still a challenging topic, especially for those problems where rare events play the key role in determining algorithm performance.
Weblink	http://icerm.brown.edu/sp-f12-w3
Related subject(s)	Probability and Statistics; Applied Maths: Biology, Systems Biology
7.Mathematical General Relativity
Dates	19 Aug 2013 → 20 Dec 2013	[ID=436454]
Location	Mathematical Sciences Research Institute, Berkeley, United States
Abstract	The study of Einstein's general relativistic gravitational field equation, which has for many years played a crucial role in the modeling of physical cosmology and astrophysical phenomena, is increasingly a source for interesting and challenging problems in geometric analysis and PDE. This semester-long program aims to bring together researchers working in mathematical relativity, differential geometry, and PDE who wish to explore this rapidly growing area of mathematics.
Weblink	http://www.msri.org/web/msri/scientific/programs/show/-/event/Pm8946
Related subject(s)	Astronomy, Astrophysics and Cosmology

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Last updated: 21 January 2012